Tag Archives: Colin Powell

Why take out Soleimani now?

By Mark | January 3, 2020

I posted something here last night about the assassination of Iranian general Qassim Soleimani. In that post, after having said what a terrible man that Soleimani was, and acknowledging that he likely deserved his fate, I said that I found the timing suspect. Well, as some of you have written to say that you disagree […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Agnes Callamard, assassination, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, deescalation, Donald Trump, imminent attack, Iran, Mike Pompeo, nuclear proliferation, Qassim Soleimani, retaliation, targeted killings, terrorist, war | 49 Comments

Cheney asserts his alibi

By Mark | August 31, 2011

Former Vice President Dick “There is No Doubt that Saddam Hussein Now Has Weapons of Mass Destruction” Cheney has just released a book entitled In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir. The reviews thus far have not been kind. Many, including Colin Powell’s former chief of staff Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, feel as though it’s […]